Fit and 40 Plan

Once upon a Time....

There was a young lad whose weight was like a yo-yo. He would lose ten pounds and then gain it back rather quickly. This process went on for about the last fifteen years or so. His weight hovered around 240 pounds for the last 5 years or so. I know, none of you can relate...He had many reasons why this happened and always justified that it was because he had kids, worked horribly long hours and had a bad commute to and from and work. These are all reasons that he came up with to make him feel better and besides, he always felt he could lose 15 pounds whenever he wanted. He had done it before and he could do it again......or could he?

Well, with his 4oth birthday fast approaching (about 2 months away) He decided it was time to see if he really could get down to 225 from a high of 242. He said, let's see if you really can do it. Game on!!!He made serious changes to his diet, workout regimen and went for it. It was not an easy task. The first change was to make the decision to give up all sweets (cake, cookies, doughnuts, candy, ice cream, milk shakes, etc...) from his diet. If you know this guy, you know he loves warm chocolate chip cookies out of the oven and ice cream. He knew this was a tall task for him because he had tried to do this before but had always failed and failed miserably. He decided to eat more vegetables, drink water and tea instead of sodas, and generally eat more healthy. A typical food day went like this for our lad:

Breakfast:
Multi grain Cheerios with banana or a bowl of Raisin Bran
Snack: Fiber Plus Bar ( they are actually pretty decent)

Lunch : Salad, Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice or sandwich

Snack: peanuts

Dinner: normal dinner with the family

Portion Control as well was important.

Didn't eat after 8 o'clock

Exercise Regimen:
He also decided he would get up at 5:10 or so and get in early to workout. This lad happens to be a PE teacher and his school has a weight room that he would use 2 to 3 times a week. He also decided to run as well. So he would also run 2 to 3 times a week as well.

THE RESULTS:

Well, you will have to wait until Friday until his actual birthday to find out the results. Did he make it??? Was it worth it???? What did he learn during this process?? Can he keep the weight off?

STAY TUNED.

TODD